After Beefeater folded, Tomas Squip and Dug Bird started brainstorming about their next project. When the Positive Force House formed, Tomas and Dug were among the earliest tenants, and soon after moving in they began to play music with two of the other housemates, Maria Jones and Jerry Busher. Positive Force DC was a punk activist group that met in the house every Saturday. The group helped organize benefit concerts as well as protests and other projects, including the 'State of the Union' benefit compilation. Read more on Last.fm